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Security checkpoints catching more artfully concealed weapons

...the head of the security division at the Richmond County Marshal's Office. "What we are seeing now is artfully...occasionally seize drugs and weapons.Last week, county marshals arrested an Evans man at Augusta Regional Airport...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-29/security-checkpoints-catching
Evans man charged with possession of pistol in airport

...380-caliber pistol in his bag, according to Capt. Steve Johnson, of the Rich mond County Marshal's Office. The TSA screeners alerted county marshals, who took Adler into custody, Johnson said."He said he forgot it was in there...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-22/evans-man-charged-poss
Evans man charged with possession of pistol in airport

...380-caliber pistol in his bag, according to Capt. Steve Johnson, of the Rich mond County Marshal's Office. The TSA screeners alerted county marshals, who took Adler into custody, Johnson said."He said he forgot it was in there...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-22/evans-man-charged-poss
Police hold back crowds at Laney Walker store eviction

...people filled the parking lot at Laney Supermarket, 843 Laney-Walker Blvd., after word spread that the Richmond County Marshal's Office was enforcing an eviction at the business.Officials said onlookers became angry when they learned they...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-26/police-hold-back-crowds-la
Heaven's Gate

Opens Friday, Aug 2, 2013 Synopsis: A notorious artistic and financial failure, Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate was blamed for critically wounding the movie Western and definitively ushering out the 1970s Hollywood New Wave of young, brash, independent filmmakers. Taking a revisionist, post-Vietnam view of American imperialism, Cimino used the historical Johnson County War incident in Wyoming to create an impressionistic tapestry of Western conflict between poor immigrant settlers and rich cattle barons led by Canton (Sam Waterston) and his hired gun Nate Champion (Christopher Walken). Attempting to mediate is idealistic Harvard graduate and county marshal Averill (Kris Kristofferson), who is both Nate's friend and his romantic rival for the affections of Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert). However, war erupts, at great cost to all involved. Flush from his success with the Oscar-winning The Deer Hunter (1978), Cimino demanded creative control, and his insistence on shooting on location and building historically accurate sets and props multiplied the film's original budget to a then-astronomical $36 million. When United Artists premiered the original 219-minute version (sight unseen), they discovered that Cimino had produced an elliptical epic, compounding the box-office difficulties of making a Western without any major stars. Critics howled about Cimino's incomprehensible self-indulgence, and United Artists pulled the film after several days. Re-released five months later, 70 minutes shorter, Heaven's Gate bombed again, and MGM bought out the financially crippled United Artists. The ailing Western genre virtually vanished during the 1980s, Cimino's career never recovered, and Hollywood studios had had enough of bankrolling financially risky ventures by "auteur" directors. Heaven's Gate's reputation recovered somewhat after its video release, as it garnered praise from some viewers for such visually remarkable sequences as the Harvard dance and the final battle, as well as for David Mansfield's haunting score. Steven Bach's book Final Cut provides a full production history. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, Sam Waterston, John Hurt, Brad Dourif Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

Step added to tricky staircase at Augusta courthouse

...visitors from making a potentially dangerous misstep off the base of the stairs for more than a year. The Richmond County marshals who screen incoming visitors first noticed visitors and employees taking tumbles soon after the courthouse opened...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-08-28/step-added-tricky-stai
Plans for The Greens on Washington unclear

...it."That might have something to do with the number of tenants being asked to move out. According to Richmond County marshal's records, more than 190 dispossess notices were served on tenants at the Greens in 2011, about 80 more than the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-07-08/plans-greens-washington-uncle
Court action likely to delay Augusta Commission, school board candidate qualifying

...pre-cleared.The date changes do not affect qualifying set for May 23, 24 and 25 in other local races including Richmond County Marshal and state court judge.Board of Elections Executive Director Lynn Bailey said voters will be notified of changes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-05-16/court-action-l
Qualifying for July, November elections starts Wednesday

...Then you know they're serious."Local nonpartisan positions, including the state court judgeships and Richmond County marshal, qualify at the Board of Elections office, 530 Greene St.Candidate qualifying for five nonpartisan Augusta Circuit...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-05-22/qualifying-jul
City officials tour ADP data processing business

...department heads have expressed their concerns related to expanding ADP's involvement in city payroll.Richmond County Marshal Steve Smith said his employees continue to keep dual paper and time clock records, despite implementing ADP's time...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-05-23/city-officials-tour-adp-